I do not like Lady Gaga. On multiple occasions I have been told that she is very talented. I will not debate this, my problems are not with her music. (Please, do not take this as an endorsement of her "rumored" talent.) I don't like her because of the current theme of her music. Her most recent album is titled, The Fame Monster. With The Fame Monster, she has now entered the vaunted club of artist who complain about their fame. According to the internet tha album expresses the darker side of fame usuing a monster as a metaphor. This past Sunday I accidentally watched 15 minutes of the Grammy's. In a grab for my demographic the first presenter of the night was Stephen Colbert. This was more than enough for me to watch at least his presentation. Before I knew it I was no longer watching Stephen make jokes towards his teenage daughter. I was now in the Land of Gaga. I was taken to a world where fame was killing a drag-queen attemping to dance with professional dancers while singing technopop. I had seen her previous performance at the last random music award show no one gives a crap about. I can still hear the breaking of bottles in my dreams. Below is her Grammy performance. WARNING: The Fame Monster may touch you.
Now this performance is about something. Its about how the fame is destroying her inside. I would say this to Ms. Gaga. If you don't like being famous don't do shit like this:
In my opinion Lady Gaga's style is very "LOOK AT ME, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!" I can relate. I am pretty fucking awesome and everyone should pay attention to me at all times. I have seen videos of Stefani Germanotta before the Lady Gaga days. When I look at videos of Stefani then a video of Gaga I can clearly see why she made the change. No one gave a shit about Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Didn't sell records. Doesn't make you famous. Understandably she tried something else and it took off. Lady Gaga the persona is very in your face and begs you to pay attention. She breaks bottles while playing the piano and people are talking about it the next day. It's a popular video to forward to coworkers and friends. Many artists have complained about being famous and it ruining their lives. Some of my favorites artists have also devoted entire albums to it. Please Stefani if you're going to bitch about the fame, please stop demanding it in your act.
In other news...
ESPN recently announced that it will produce the first ever all 3-D HD network. This network will offer 1080p 3-D programming 24 hours a day. With major live sporting events broadcast in 3-D. This is the first huge step in the growing trend of 3D. Movie studios have pushed 3-D movies on the masses for the last 2 years. From crap like My Bloody Valintine 3-D to amazing films like Up to that one with Hannah Montana. With Avatar making tons of money it seems the people want to experience films about blue people come to life. If 3-D is to become the home standard it's going to make us look very fucking stupid in our homes. Sony is actively planning to make TV's and video games 1080p 3-D HD. I'm all for amazing graphics, but is the 3-D expereince so much better than the HD I get now? I'm really going to have to wear a special pair of glasses just to look at fucking TV? I love TV, but even I think this is a bit much. I purchased an HDTV almost 2 years ago and I am currently shopping for a bigger and better one. Do I need this better TV? God no. Will I ask myself more questions? No. I play video games and I need to keep up with the best technology so I spend the pennies I make on big TV's and crystal meth. If you ever read that I have purchased a 3-D TV and I wear special glasses to look at TV. Fucking shoot me.
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